NEWS

As E-Commerce Week draws to a close, Amgad Shehata, Senior Vice President of International Public Affairs and Strategy at Alliance partner UPS, explains why implementing four elements of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement will be fundamental to realising the potential of e-commerce.

A delegation of Vietnamese government officials has been visiting the United States to gain insights into the US customs bond system as part of a pioneering trade facilitation initiative.

This Friday 23 March, Colombia’s National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (Invima) will launch its new risk model to reduce physical inspections of food in ports, airports and border crossings by more than 34%. The model, known as Model IVC SOA Ports, will allow much greater efficiency in the inspection process, benefitting both importers and exporters.

The Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) and the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (the Alliance) have announced a new partnership aimed at increasing Brazil’s competitiveness in international trade and boosting economic development.

The World Economic Forum on Latin America in São Paulo brought together more than 750 leaders from government, business and civil society from over 40 countries to drive forward an agenda of responsible leadership, innovation and economic progress for the region. With so many of the region’s important stakeholders in one place, the Alliance saw an opportunity to bring together the public and private sectors for an interactive workshop on trade facilitation.

As the Trade Facilitation Agreement celebrates its first birthday, Philippe Isler, director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, calls on the private sector to roll up its sleeves.

The Knowledge Lead will develop useful, pragmatic and workable best practices with the private sector to support effective trade facilitation reforms with measurable commercial benefits. The position will report to the Head of Global Coordination for the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation.

​The Global Alliance will be a part of several side-events during the World Trade Organization’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference, taking place from the 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Global Alliance is conducting an open tender for procuring an evaluation expert, supporting the Global Alliance team with quantitative evaluation expertise.

The Global Alliance on Trade Facilitation is joining forces with the General Department of Viet Nam Customs and two Vietnamese business associations to provide support to Viet Nam’s Customs Department with the implementation of a modern customs bond system.

The Global Alliance is pleased to launch its latest publication examining the impact of the trade facilitation environment on foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper highlights that developing economies with stronger trade facilitation environments attract high-value investments, especially in industries such as auto parts and aerospace manufacturing.

The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation has welcomed the entry into force of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) – a deal which official estimates suggest could boost global trade flows by over US$1 trillion a year.

Governments are making slow progress in improving the efficiency of customs and border procedures – with many small businesses and entrepreneurs cut off from the global trading system as a result. This is a central finding of the World Economic Forum’s Global Enabling Trade Report, issued today in conjunction with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation.

Governments are making slow progress in improving the efficiency of customs and border procedures – with many small businesses and entrepreneurs cut off from the global trading system as a result. This is a central finding of the World Economic Forum’s Global Enabling Trade Report, issued today in conjunction with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation.
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The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, a unique public-private partnership for trade-led growth by speeding implementation of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement in developing countries, launched today at the WTO Ministerial Summit in Nairobi.